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……I need to stop reminiscing. I’m getting frustrated.
“Damn !”
I threw the TV remote control I had at hand at the wall. The remote broke with a cracking sound and the battery popped out.
It seemed that the lid of the battery had broken off.
The TV was already showing the next news, and in contrast to the previous news, it was showing happy children. The thought of watching that in this dark room made me feel kind of crazy.
“Haha…..I’m gonna go look for them. If I can break them, I will……”
My time had not yet begun to move since that time.
Ever since that day when I failed to kill Yuuki and was arrested.
And similarly, my feelings of hatred toward them hadn’t subsided.
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It was quick after I decided.
I didn’t know where they were, so I looked them up. Of course, it cost a lot of money. I cut down my living expenses and borrowed some money.
I didn’t have any regrets if I got caught, so I didn’t prepare any means of escape, but booked a hotel nearby and stayed there.
“Tomorrow……”
The wind was beginning to chill a little. The trees were losing their leaves and their colors were fading. Suddenly, as I looked outside, I felt my eyes meet those of a passerby walking down the street.
It was a woman wearing a heavy coat, still too early for this season. She had long brown hair and was looking up at me for some reason.
Feeling creeped out, I closed the curtains and turned away from the window.
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The next day, I woke up early in the morning and left the hotel with my heart pounding in my chest. But it was around 7:00 a.m., so the streets were sparsely populated with people.
I walked a little faster and headed toward the residential area. Once in the residential area, the streets were less crowded, and the morning, quiet town spread out around me.
(This nightmare will finally end if I kill those guys !)
Sunday. Few people are up early in the morning. At least, I don’t think of going outside in this cold weather. I was the only one walking in the middle of it all.
There was no hustle and bustle of the city, no passersby. I felt as if I was left alone in this vast land.
(Alone…..just me….?)
……No, never mind. That’s not important.
Before long, I arrived in front of the apartment where Yuuki and his friends lived.
“Finally…finally, I can kill you. fuuf…hahaha…”
I closed my eyes and pretended not to notice the discomfort in my heart. For some reason, I felt this strange feeling, like I didn’t want to kill.
I press the intercom. A few moments later, I hear a man’s voice, sounding like he’s half asleep.
[Hello?]
“Excuse me, I need to ask you a few questions.”
[Yes, please wait a moment.]
The sound cut off and I couldn’t hear the voice anymore. He must have been changing his clothes or something, because he was bustling around.
The voice was surprisingly calm. It was the kind of voice I had heard years ago, even before high school, yes, in elementary school.
I pulled a knife out of my bag. At that moment, a woman’s voice came from behind me, and I felt a dull jolt in my head.
“You can’t do that, can you? You shouldn’t intercept my catch. Kaisei.”
I looked at the woman and saw that it was the woman from yesterday, with long hair and wearing a coat.
“Oh, you’re still awake. Okay, I’ll give you another shot. Go back to sleep.”
“!?”
Then my consciousness was cut off and my vision went black.
“Sorry for taking so long. …Hm?”
By the time Yuuki came out, everyone was gone, and only a small trace of blood remained on the ground. It was something that you couldn’t tell unless you looked closely, so Yuuki didn’t notice.
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When I woke up, I was in a dark room. For a moment I thought I was still dreaming, but that was not the case. I smelled something. It was a familiar, unpleasant smell.
As my eyes became more and more accustomed to the smell, I realized that it was my house. If there was anything strange, it was that my arms and legs were tied to the chair.
As I looked around, I heard footsteps coming from the hallway, and I braced myself.
“Hmm? Oh, you’re up already. You’re up early.”
“Why are you doing this? Hey ! Don’t get in my way ! I was so close. I was this close to killing him !”
“Don’t make so much noise. You look like an idiot.”
“Arrrgh !?”
The woman looked around the room.
“It’s a dirty room. Isn’t it moldy? You should clean it. It’s filthy.”
“…..Shut up ! Hurry up and untie me !”
“Oh my, that’s so scary. You’d better be quiet.”
The woman didn’t listen. I didn’t have ears to listen to either. But I knew it was useless to say anything else.
It was a familiar face. No, it was the face that I saw, remembered, felt, and passed. During those awful days, it was the only place where I could shine.
“…..Ah, did you notice? Yes. It’s me. I’m Kagurazaka Eri.”
“I knew it. Why are you treating me like this? We should’ve just killed them together.”
“I don’t like that. I said it was my catch. There’s no point in doing it unless I do it. Both the ones who seem to have reformed and the ones who try to kill without my permission are a pain.”
I was probably the one who tried to kill him without permission. The one who reformed is Ruri?
“What happened to Ruri?”
“Well,…..I think she went somewhere far away. You’ll never see her again.”
“Did you kill Ruri?”
“Who knows? I wonder. But I’ll have you in the same place soon enough.”
“Huh……?”
The same place? With Ruri? Who was killed by this guy?
That means……
“Bastard ! What are you doing ! I’ll kill you !”
As I stormed out saying that, Eri gave a fearless smile. I felt an unidentifiable fear in that smile and a chill ran down my spine.
“Kill me, right…..Fufufu…hahahaha ! You’re gonna kill me? In this situation? Go ahead, try it. Come on !”
“Guh !”
“Come on, come on, do it. Hey !? Hurry up !”
“Guh, ugh, ghh .”
“Haa……so boring !”
Eri kicked me relentlessly in the stomach, face and groin. The face of Eri overlapped with the time when I used to kick Yuuki. Hate, joy, and a sense of superiority. In addition, her eyes filled with murderous intent pierced through me.
She is going to kill me. I understood it instinctively. At that moment, fear welled up in me.
“Guhu…..stop it….I don’t wanna die.”
“Huh? You’ll suffer and suffer and suffer…and when you lose the will to live, I’ll slowly kill you. Once I get to that point, my revenge on you will be over. Will you cooperate?”
“Eek…….”
Eri, with a severely distorted smile on her face, raised her hand with a knife in it.
“Gyaaaaa !”
The knife plunged into my left thigh and Eri began tearing my flesh.
I can’t believe I’m going to die in a place like this……damn it. I don’t want to die I don’t want to die I don’t want to die….! I don’t want to , I don’t want to, I don’t want to, I don’t want to, I don’t want to !
The last thing Kaisei saw was Eri’s face smiling fearlessly as he resisted to the end.
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